Revealed: Latest grisly crime objects to be shown to the public for the first time

Museum Of London's look at the Met's Black Museum promises to be a boon to Jack The Ripper aficionados

Conservator John Readman with the death mask of Daniel Good (Photo: Museum Of London)

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More details have emerged of the intriguing and grisly exhibits planned for the Museum Of London’s showpiece exhibition The Crime Museum Uncovered, opening in October.

Objects from the Metropolitan Police’s legendary Crime Museum, will go on public view for the very first time, including Jack The Ripper paraphernalia.

A rare "Notice to Occupier" flyer relating to Jack the Ripper (Photo: Museum Of London)

Highlights revealed include:

A published memoir containing handwritten notes in the margin by Donald Swanson, senior investigating officer on the Jack the Ripper investigation in the late 1880s. Swanson reveals personal thoughts, naming Aaron Kosminski as prime suspect for the unsolved murders.

A rare Notice To Occupier flyer and poster calling for public information in response to the infamous “Dear Boss” letter will also feature.

A pin-cushion embroidered with human hair by Annie Parker, a woman who, in her short life, was arrested over 400 times for alcohol-related offences (1879).

Death mask of Daniel Good, executed outside Newgate prison on May 23 1842 for the murder of his wife, Jane Jones.

A laptop computer recovered from a car involved in the 2007 Glasgow Airport terrorist attack. Although badly burned, police were able to recover 96% of its data, crucially helping the investigation.

Director of content at the Museum of London Finbarr Whooley said: “For 140 years, the Metropolitan Police has amassed a fascinating collection of real objects and evidence from the UK’s most notorious criminal investigations that until now have been behind closed doors. Each case has had a fundamental impact on society.

“Some have changed the way in which crimes are investigated and solved or how the capital is policed, whilst others have directly led to changes in the law.”

Victims' Commissioner Baroness Newlove, who advised curators, said: “What must not be forgotten are the victims who suffered at the hands of these criminals. It is important that victims are remembered for the person they once were, not defined by the victim they became. I am pleased that the exhibition recognises that their voice is central when investigating and prosecuting crimes.”